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Description

The ' Regular Expression Check' precondition compares the value of a text, number, or url URL field against a regular expression. You could Use it to verify that the content matches a given specified format with it.

Configuration

You must select the field to be checked and enter the regular expression. For example:Image Removed

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• [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{4} allows numbers such as: 1245-7783

• [0-9]+ EUR$ allows price tags such as: 34 EUR

• [a-z]* allows an empty string, or any lower case word such as: yellow

• Option [A,B] allows a selection of options: Option A, Option B or both.

Detailed Documentation documentation on regular expressions can be found on https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.htmlin Oracle's documentation for a technical documentation, or https://www.or at regular-expressions.info/ for a more straightforward description. Another good resource for developing and testing regular expressions is https://www.freeformatter.com/java-regex-tester.html.

Example

A workflow is configured so that the 'Create' transition has the 'Regular Expression Check Precondition'. If the summary contains the phrase "Onboarding" or "onboarding", a sub-task will be created for the creation of the user account in the company's systems.

Supported

field types